Do you know english literature?

1. Do you know English literature?

DO YOU KNOW ENGLISH
LITERATURE?
LET’S SEE…

2. What was the first name of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple?

WHAT WAS THE FIRST NAME OF
AGATHA CHRISTIE’S MISS
MARPLE?
Jane

3. How are the sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy described in the title of an 1868 novel?

HOW ARE THE SISTERS MEG, JO,
BETH AND AMY DESCRIBED IN
THE TITLE OF AN 1868 NOVEL?

4. Who is the wizard in The Hobbit?

WHO IS THE WIZARD IN THE
HOBBIT?
Gandalf

5. Which Ray Bradbury novel opens “It was a pleasure to burn”?

WHICH RAY BRADBURY
NOVEL OPENS “IT WAS A
PLEASURE TO BURN”?
Fahrenheit 451

6. Who wrote the Twilight series of novels?

WHO WROTE THE TWILIGHT
SERIES OF NOVELS?
Stephenie Meyer

7. Who wrote the Booker Prize winning novel The Life of Pi?

WHO WROTE THE BOOKER
PRIZE WINNING NOVEL THE
LIFE OF PI?
Yann Martel

8. In which George Bernard Shaw play are Professor Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle central characters?

IN WHICH GEORGE BERNARD
SHAW PLAY ARE PROFESSOR
HENRY HIGGINS AND ELIZA
DOOLITTLE CENTRAL
CHARACTERS?
Pygmalion

9. In which famous novel does Edward Fairfax Rochester play a significant role?

IN WHICH FAMOUS NOVEL DOES
EDWARD FAIRFAX ROCHESTER
PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE?
Jane Eyre

10. Which John Steinbeck novel revolves around the characters Lenny and George?

WHICH JOHN STEINBECK
NOVEL REVOLVES AROUND
THE CHARACTERS LENNY
AND GEORGE?
Of Mice and Men

11. Who is the youngest recipient of a Nielsen Book Platinum Award, for selling one million copies, for her book PS I Love You?

WHO IS THE YOUNGEST
RECIPIENT OF A NIELSEN
BOOK PLATINUM AWARD, FOR
SELLING ONE MILLION
COPIES, FOR HER BOOK PS I
LOVE YOU?
Cecelia Ahern

12. Who wrote the book The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?

WHO WROTE THE BOOK THE
STRANGE CASE OF DR
JEKYLL AND MR HYDE?
Robert Louis
Stevenson

13. Who wrote the science fiction novel Brave New World?

WHO WROTE THE SCIENCE
FICTION NOVEL BRAVE NEW
WORLD?
Aldous Huxley

14. Name the beautiful young man who becomes the subject of a portrait by society painter, Basil Hallward?

NAME THE BEAUTIFUL YOUNG MAN
WHO BECOMES THE SUBJECT OF A
PORTRAIT BY SOCIETY PAINTER,
BASIL HALLWARD?
Dorian Gray

15. Whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens?

WHOSE REAL NAME WAS
SAMUEL LANGHORNE
CLEMENS?
Mark Twain

16. What was the street address of Sherlock Holmes?

WHAT WAS THE STREET
ADDRESS OF SHERLOCK
HOLMES?
221B Baker Street

17. Anne Elliot is the heroine of which Jane Austen novel?

ANNE ELLIOT IS THE
HEROINE OF WHICH JANE
AUSTEN NOVEL?
Persuasion

18. In literature which 1719 book has gained wide acceptance as 'the first English novel'?

IN LITERATURE WHICH 1719 BOOK
HAS GAINED WIDE ACCEPTANCE AS
'THE FIRST ENGLISH NOVEL'?
Robinson
Crusoe

19. Who wrote the seminal 1936 self-help book How to Win Friends and Influence People?

WHO WROTE THE SEMINAL 1936
SELF-HELP BOOK HOW TO WIN
FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE
PEOPLE?
Dale Carnegie

20. Who was the youngest of the three Brontë writing sisters?

WHO WAS THE YOUNGEST OF
THE THREE BRONTË WRITING
SISTERS?
Anne Brontë

21. What was the pen-name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson?

WHAT WAS THE PEN-NAME OF
CHARLES LUTWIDGE
DODGSON?
Lewis Carroll

22. Stanley Kubrick successfully requested the UK ban of his own film based on what Anthony Burgess book?

STANLEY KUBRICK SUCCESSFULLY
REQUESTED THE UK BAN OF HIS OWN FILM
BASED ON WHAT ANTHONY BURGESS BOOK?
A Clockwork Orange

23. Which pioneering American poet and story-teller wrote The Fall of the House of Usher?

WHICH PIONEERING AMERICAN
POET AND STORY-TELLER
WROTE THE FALL OF THE HOUSE
OF USHER?
Edgar Allen Poe

24. What were the respective family names of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

WHAT WERE THE RESPECTIVE
FAMILY NAMES OF SHAKESPEARE'S
ROMEO AND JULIET?
Montague and Capulet

25. Which literary character has a landlady called Mrs. Hudson?

WHICH LITERARY CHARACTER
HAS A LANDLADY CALLED MRS.
HUDSON?
Sherlock Holmes.

26. Which Dubliner wrote “Dracua”?

WHICH DUBLINER WROTE
“DRACUA”?
Abraham
Bram Stoker

27. Whose treasure was buried in Treasure Island?

WHOSE TREASURE WAS BURIED
IN TREASURE ISLAND?
Captain
Flint’s

28. In which book would you find a Heffalump?

IN WHICH BOOK WOULD YOU
FIND A HEFFALUMP?
Winnie-the-Pooh

29. What did Professor Challenger bring back from the “Lost World” to prove that it existed?

WHAT DID PROFESSOR CHALLENGER
BRING BACK FROM THE “LOST
WORLD” TO PROVE THAT IT
EXISTED?
A small
pterodactyl.

30. In Washington Irving’s story published in 1819, which war did Rip van Winkle sleep through?

IN WASHINGTON IRVING’S STORY
PUBLISHED IN 1819, WHICH WAR DID
RIP VAN WINKLE SLEEP THROUGH?
the American war
of Independence.

31. What famous 1818 novel had the sub-title 'The Modern Prometheus'?

WHAT FAMOUS 1818 NOVEL HAD
THE SUB-TITLE 'THE MODERN
PROMETHEUS'?
Frankenstein

32. Which novel opens with this sentence “You don’t know about me, without you have read a book by the name “The adventures of Tom Sawyer”, but that ain’t no matter’.

WHICH NOVEL OPENS WITH THIS
SENTENCE “YOU DON’T KNOW
ABOUT ME, WITHOUT YOU HAVE
READ A BOOK BY THE NAME “THE
ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER”, BUT
THAT AIN’T NO MATTER’.
The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn.

33. Which novel begins "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife..."?

WHICH NOVEL BEGINS "IT IS A TRUTH
UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT
A SINGLE MAN IN POSSESSION OF A
GOOD FORTUNE MUST BE IN WANT OF
A WIFE..."?
Pride and Prejudice

34. "Reader, I married him," appears in the conclusion of what novel?

"READER, I MARRIED HIM," APPEARS
IN THE CONCLUSION OF WHAT
NOVEL?
Jane Eyre